Man arrested for choking his parrot on Ann Arbor's S. Main St.

[Bozita]

You can't make this shit up!


http://www.annarbor.com/news/jackson-man-arrested-after-he-attacks-parrot-ann-arbor-police-say/

Jackson man arrested after attacking parrot, Ann Arbor police say
Topics: Ann Arbor West, Crime, News, Pets, Weird
Posted: Sep 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM


A Jackson man who carries his pet parrot in his backpack was arrested Tuesday night after police say he violently shook the bird as its feathers flew, causing enough of a commotion for witnesses to call 911.

The attack occurred in the 1000 block of South Main Street in Ann Arbor at about 9:30 p.m.

Police responded to three 911 calls from witnesses, who reported a man was attacking an unknown animal, Ann Arbor police spokeswoman Lt. Renee Bush said.

Initial reports came in from the intersection of Pauline Boulevard and South Seventh Street, Bush said. Officers caught up with the man on South Main Street and saw him shaking the parrot as it was "squawking loudly" and its feathers were "flying all over," Bush said.

The bird fought back, biting the man, leaving one of his thumbs "scratched up and bloodied," Bush said. The bird had redness in one of its eyes, bald spots on the back of its head and neck and was limping, Bush said.

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. What Is The Penalty For Spanking One's Monkey?

~

[meegbear]

2. Christine O'Donnell will not be happy about that

[realisticphish]

3. I hope that parrot fucked him up

asshole

[asdjrocky]

4. If it had been a chicken the charges would have been different. nnt

[BurtWorm]

5. I wonder what the charge would be for poking his carrot

[COLGATE4]

6. It has been reliably reported that the parrot was shouting

"Feel the f---ing breeze" as the cops drove up.

[Ian David]

7. Bird kept saying, "It's the plumber. I've come to fix the sink." n/t

[BurtWorm]

10. Aww!!

The Electric Compa-ny-y-y!

PS: Or was that Sesame Street? :crazy:

[Ian David]

11. Sesame Street, I think. n/t

[BurtWorm]

14. The funny thing is, it's playing over and over in my head now.

I can see and hear the whole thing: the little guy with the mustache, the rolling eyes, the 30s style animation, the heart attack on the doorstep... "Who is it?"

:thumbsup:

PS: It was the Electric Company after all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLJFW8JBVDE&feature=related

http://orangetangerine.blogspot.com/2006/03/its-plumber.html

[Ian David]

16. Thanks! n/t

[RainDog]

8. nothing to add. just kicking for weirdness

[icnorth]

9. Ahhh the images these word pictures evoke...

"pet parrot in his backpack", "feathers...flying all over" "attacking an unknown animal","The bird fought back, biting", "scratched up and bloodied",
"redness...of... eyes"

Yes! I see it now! Palin/Beck fall out on prime time Faux... Sorry parrot, lost my composure there for a minute.

[foxfeet]

12. Too bad the parrot didn't bite his nose off. nt

[xchrom]

13. Jail time for that vicious dumb motherfucker. Nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. I thought it said "carrot"

perv.

[Gin]

17. I thought he committed a sex act in public....and choking his

parrot was a new way to describe the act... :)

[Jamastiene]

28. That is exactly what I thought too.

Now, I feel bad for the poor parrot.

[mmonk]

18. Can you change the title? Only a snarky response comes to mind.

[Rex]

19. Asshole, poor bird was probably tired of years of shit.

To bad it didn't bite his thumb off!

[MilesColtrane]

20. Polly was not ABOUT to become and ex-parrot.

[baldguy]

21. Is THAT what the kids are calling it today?

[TrogL]

22. Probably wouldn't take the bird to see the fjords so it reacted badly

[guitar man]

23. Damn that's embarrassing

A parrot is a hell of a lot smaller than a chicken! :rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. I guess parrots are useless

after "Talk Like a Pirate Day" has come and gone.

Sep 19.

Arrr.

:hi:

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. The man told police he was "disciplining and training" the bird,

ugh

[realisticphish]

29. you can't discipline a parrot

that will only make him HATE you

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. a cat either!

[Jamastiene]

26. Oh, a PARROT.

I don't know why I was thinking of the other kind of "poultry" that sometimes gets "choked."

I'm glad the bird fought back and won.

See? If he had just been doing what I thought before I read the article, I wouldn't want to see him behind bars for that. But this, throw away the damn key...attacking that poor bird that way.

[Canuckistanian]

27. Is that what the kids are calling it these days? n/t

[jberryhill]

30. A Norwegian Blue... Lovely Plumage

[spanone]

31. choking his parrot....hehehe

[TexasObserver]

32. If he'd choked his chicken, there would have been no problem.

Or, he could have even flogged his dolphin.

[Barack_America]

34. He's been charged with "animal torture".

http://www.annarbor.com/news/jackson-man-faces-animal-torture-charge-in-parrot-attack/

Ann Arbor, not a good place to abuse animals.